Oral Hygiene Practices among Saudi Arabian Children and Its Relation to Their Dental Caries Status by M. F. A. Quadri, M. A. Shubayr, A. H. Hattan, S. A. Wafi, A. H. Jafer

“…Also, the odds of dental caries among the school children who were irregular in brushing their teeth was higher in contrast to the children brushing once (P=0.03; OR = 0.89; CI = 0.70, 1.12) or twice (P=0.03; OR = 0.80; CI = 0.64, 0.93) per day. …”
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Oral health disparities in early childhood and intergenerational gaps among noncitizen migrants, Arabs, and Jews in South Tel Aviv, Israel by Jonathan Brill, Adi Vinograd, Barak Hermesh, Rivka Sheffer, Zohar Mor

“…Conclusion Migrant children exhibited better tooth brushing habits than Arab children did but required more urgent dental interventions, highlighting gaps in preventive care. …”
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Development of Chatbot-Based Oral Health Care for Young Children and Evaluation of its Effectiveness, Usability, and Acceptability: Mixed Methods Study by Kittiwara Pupong, Jaranya Hunsrisakhun, Samerchit Pithpornchaiyakul, Supawadee Naorungroj

“…The frequency of tooth brushing among caregivers significantly improved, increasing from 72.4% at baseline to 93.1% two months post baseline (PP ConclusionsThe 30-Day FunDee chatbot effectively enhanced caregivers’ perceptions of oral health care and improved tooth-brushing practices for children aged 6‐36 months. …”
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Oral Hygiene Practices, Knowledge, and Self-Reported Dental and Gingival Problems with Rural-Urban Disparities among Primary School children in Lilongwe, Malawi by F. Mlenga, E. G. Mumghamba

“…The use of toothpaste during tooth brushing was significantly higher among urban (91.9%) than among rural (64%) pupils. …”
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Periodontal Status and Risk Factors among Adults of Sebha City (Libya) by Syed Wali Peeran, A. J. A. Ranjith Singh, G. Alagamuthu, Syed Ali Peeran, P. G. Naveen Kumar

“…Age, gender, current smoking status and frequency of tooth brushing showed statistically significant difference with CPI codes. …”
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Dental Status and Associated Factors in a Dentate Adult Population in Bulgaria: A Cross-Sectional Survey by Nikola D. Damyanov, Dick J. Witter, Ewald M. Bronkhorst, Nico H. J. Creugers

“…More frequent tooth brushing was associated with a lower chance of having “decayed” and “missing” teeth, but with a higher chance of having “filled” teeth. …”
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Educational intervention program for oral health in elderly people by Teresita de Jesús Barrio Pedraza, Nora Sexto Delgado, Esther Victoria Barrio Pedraza, Alicia Maria Quiñones Betancourt

“…The studied variables were: age group, brushing frequency and form, use of dental floss and removable bridges and the relation of diet with oral diseases. …”
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Salivary Fluoride Levels after Use of High-Fluoride Dentifrice by Glauber Campos Vale, Priscila Figueiredo Cruz, Ana Clarissa Cavalcante Elvas Bohn, Marcoeli Silva de Moura

“…F concentration in saliva was determined after brushing with a high-F dentifrice (5000 µg F/g) or with a conventional F concentration dentifrice (1100 µg F/g) followed by a 15 mL distilled water rinse. …”
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Sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with early childhood caries in Peruvian pre-schoolers by Daniel José Blanco-Victorio, Nieves Asteria López-Luján, Walter Bernaola-Silva, Luis Antonio Vicuña-Huaqui, Rocio Cacñahuaray-Palomino, Julissa Sarai Diaz-Campos, Yeni Araceli Anicama-Barrios, Zenaida Rojas-Apaza, Sara Castañeda-Sarmiento, Evelyn Alvarez Vidigal, Roxana Patricia López-Ramos

“…Mothers or caregivers reported brushing their children’s teeth twice daily (56.99%) and giving sweets one to two times daily (79.03%). …”
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Comparative Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Manual and Electric Toothbrushes in Blind Children: A Randomised Controlled Trial by PS Thanalakshme, R Ramesh

“…Blind children face unique challenges in oral care due to their reliance on touch rather than visual cues, which makes proper brushing difficult. Although research is limited, electric toothbrushes have been proposed as a solution to help blind children remove plaque more effectively by compensating for their reduced ability to visually monitor their brushing technique. …”
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Evaluation of fluoride releasing and recharging of orthodontic adhesive resins: An in vitro study. by Sava Bakhtyar, Bayan Abdullah Hassan

“…Fluoride releasing was measured at days 1,2,3,7 for gel application while for brushing group releasing of fluoride was measured at 7 days. …”
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Periodontitis and Intra-Oral Plasmacytosis in a Noonan’s Syndrome Patient by Hadeel Alqatami, Khalid N. Said, Adham A. Ammar, Hani Nazzal

“…The patient suffered early onset severe molar pattern periodontitis and recurrent intra-oral inflammatory lesions, pyogenic granuloma, and plasmacytosis, which were excised and controlled using a strict oral hygiene protocol based on long-term use of chlorhexidine-based products as auxiliary aid to regular home care and brushing.…”
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Oral health status in children undergoing chemotherapy at Erbil city: A case control study. by Zahraa Emaad Ahmed, Sazan Sherdl Salim

“…Moreover, among the factors indirectly associated with oral health status (OHS), it turned out that between both groups mother’s education, occupation, frequency of child’s tooth brushing, and age were the most common contributing factors to the child’s OHS. …”
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Abrasive resistance and microhardness of self-adhesive (Surefil one) and conventional bulk fill composites: An- in vitro study. by Maryam Fakher Ibrahim, Bahar Jafaar Selivany, Abduloma Baraka Ali

“…The samples weighted before and after the brushing to measure the weight loss. For the microhardness test, thirty cylindrical specimens (6 mm× 8 mm) (n= 10) were fabricated to assess the microhardness, top and bottom surfaces were tested using Vicker Hardness test. …”
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A Novel Brushless Wound Rotor Synchronous Machine Utilizing Inherent Sub-Harmonic Component by Muhammad Ahsan Ul Haq, Haroon Farooq, Asif Hussain, Syed Abdul Rahman Kashif

“…However, there is the sparking issue which consequently requires regular maintenance of slip rings and carbon brushes. The research focus in recent times is to eliminate the brushes and slip rings in the conventional WRSMs. …”
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Oral health-related knowledge, attitude and practices among nurses: a hospital-based questionnaire survey from a tertiary healthcare setting in Faridabad, India by Manu Raj, Sakshi Sharma, Megha Jain, Shilpa Khullar Sood

“…Among participants, 225 (75%) brushed their teeth using fluoridated toothpaste. …”
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Inadequate toothbrushing practice and associated factors among in-school adolescents in Malaysia: Findings from Global School Health Survey (GSHS) 2017. by Mohamad Fuad Mohamad Anuar, Nurulasmak Mohamed, S Maria Awaluddin, Habibah Yacob

“…<h4>Introduction</h4>Inadequate toothbrushing practice is define as brushing teeth less than two times per day. Inadequate toothbrushing during adolescence can lead to oral health problems and disease burden in adults. …”
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X-Ray Diffraction Technique for Residual Stress Measurement in NiCrMo Alloy Weld Metal by Vladimir Ivanovitch Monine, João da Cruz Payão Filho, Rodrigo Stohler Gonzaga, Elisa Kimus Dias Passos, Joaquim Teixeira de Assis

“…It is proposed a preliminary surface treatment by rotating steel wire brushing to perform the stress analysis through XRD technique possible for this kind of material. …”
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Infective Endocarditis: Updated Guidelines by U Allen

“…It was noted that the bacteremia that occurs following dental procedures represents only a fraction of the episodes of bacteremia that occur with activities of daily living (such as chewing, brushing teeth and other oral hygiene measures). The target groups and the procedures for which prophylaxis is reasonable have been significantly reduced in number. …”
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A Multivariate Methodological Workflow for the Analysis of FTIR Chemical Mapping Applied on Historic Paint Stratigraphies by Giorgia Sciutto, Paolo Oliveri, Silvia Prati, Emilio Catelli, Irene Bonacini, Rocco Mazzeo

“…Initially, principal component analysis (PCA) is performed and the score values are converted into chemical maps. Successively, the brushing approach is applied, demonstrating its usefulness for a deep understanding of the relationships between the multivariate map and PC score space, as well as for the identification of the spectral bands mainly involved in the definition of each area localised within the score maps.…”
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